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Occult HBV infection in anti-HBs-positive young adults after neonatal HB vaccination.
Vaccine - 23 Aug 2010
Xu Libin, Wei Yong, Chen Taoyang, Lu Jianhua, Zhu Chang-Lin, Ni Zhengping, Huang Fei, Du Jun, Sun Zongtang, Qu Chunfeng
Abstract excerpt
Previous follow-up on our neonatal HB vaccination cohorts with 80,000 individuals in Qidong, China, showed significant protective efficacy of immunization against HBV infection in childhood. However, some vaccinees were found to be HBsAg negative, but anti-HBs positive and anti-HBc positive at age 10-11 years. To study this phenomenon, 2919 vaccinees at age 19-21 years were sampled from the cohort. HBsAg(-),...
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